Montreal Mayor demands Quebec government present reopening plan in aid of major event planning
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Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante urged the Legault government to present a timeline for reopening from COVID-19 restrictions, saying the city's event industry is at risk.
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante is calling on the Quebec government to present a reopening plan so concert, festival, conference and other event organizers can start planning.
She said that without some clarity from the Legault government, events will soon need to be cancelled again with potentially devastating effects for Montreal’s economy.
“There has to be a plan,” she told a press conference on Sunday. “What is the plan for the (health) measures for the for the spring and for the summer? People are booking … flights right now.”
Plante, Glenn Castanheira of Montreal Centre-Ville and Yves Lalumiere of Tourisme Montreal said they support public health measures, but are concerned about the events that help drive Montreal’s economy.
“We’re about to lose major conferences that we have worked on for many years, some that are international in nature. We can’t just accept week-to-week information about the future anymore,” said Lalumiere.
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On January 20th, Ontario announced full capacity events will be allowed as of March 14th. Planners in Montreal have had no such indication, leaving hundreds of events and thousands of potential tourists twisting in the wind.
Lalumiere and Castanheira said Montreal on the brink of losing millions of dollars to other cities.
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